Culture is very important to the Japanese, and it shows through in the The Tongue-Cut Sparrow. There are several values and moral in the story that show importance to their culture. For example when the old man goes and looks for the sparrow it is showing that he cares about the sparrow and want to make sure that he is safe and fine. Another thing is when the old man finds the sparrow they greet each other and congratulate each other on their mutual safety. That shows that they are kind to each other and they care for each other. Some events in the story even represent cultural values. For example when the sparrow and old man meet at the foot of the mountain they congratulate each other that they are safe. That shows that the Japanese are happy to see friends, family or neighbors happy and healthy. Another thing would be when the old lady was starching her linens. Starching linens isn’t used as often in modern day as it was a couple hundred years ago. There are many character traits all over the world, but there are only a few in this story that would benefit the Japanese culture. Those three traits would be loyalty, trustworthiness, and kindness. With those three traits the Japanese would know that they could trust their neighbors, friends, and family. Those character traits along with some of the plot of the story would help someone function better in Japanese culture. The kindness would help you gain the trust of people and get to know them better and make friends. The plot of the story that would help would be ‘don’t be greedy’. If someone is greedy then other people won’t want to be around them because they know that, that person is going to ask them for something that they don’t want to give to them. All in all, the story The Tongue-Cut Sparrow shows people a lot about the Japanese culture many years ago, that may even still be there now.
Loading...